This is a list of English
prepositions
Adpositions are a class of words used to express spatial or temporal relations (''in, under, towards, behind, ago'', etc.) or mark various semantic roles (''of, for''). The most common adpositions are prepositions (which precede their complemen ...
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Prototypical prepositions
The following are single-word prepositions that can take a noun phrase complement following the preposition. Prepositions in this section may also take other kinds of complements in addition to noun phrase complements. Prepositions marked with an asterisk can be used transitively or intransitively; that is, they can take noun phrase complements (e.g., ''he was
in the house'') or not (e.g., ''he was
in'').
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a
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aboard*
[Aarts, Bas.''Oxford Modern English Grammar''. Oxford UP, 2011. p. 76-77.]
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about
About may refer to:
* About (surname)
* About.com, an online source for original information and advice
* about.me, a personal web hosting service
* About URI scheme, an internal URI scheme
* About box, a dialog box that displays information rela ...
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[Quirk, Randolph, et al. ''A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language''. Longman, 1985. pp. 665-67.]
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abt. (''written abbreviation'')
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above
Above may refer to:
*Above (artist)
Tavar Zawacki (b. 1981, California) is a Polish, Portuguese - American abstract artist and
internationally recognized visual artist based in Berlin, Germany. From 1996 to 2016, he created work under the ...
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abreast
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absent[Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language''. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 610. .]
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across*
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after
After may refer to:
Literature
* ''After'' (Elgar), an 1895 poem by Philip Bourke Marston set to music by Edward Elgar
* ''After'' (Prose novel), a 2003 novel by Francine Prose
* ''After'' (Chalifour book), a 2005 book by Canadian writer Francis ...
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[Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language''. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 613. .]
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against*
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aloft*
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along*
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alongside*
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amid[Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. ''The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language''. Cambridge UP, 2002. p. 635. .]
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